The infield clicked with third baseman Ray Chang, shortstop Yamaico Navarro and second baseman Nate Spears all turning in gems, Chang and Navarro making strong throws from the hole, and Spears starting a rally-killing double play.

But the story was Kelly, who is putting up numbers to match his promise and development.

Since giving up six runs to New Hampshire on July 6, Kelly has allowed two runs or less in three starts. His ERA is down to 4.85.

“I got up there and executed the game plan,” Kelly said. “Established the fastball and let the off-speed stuff dictate itself.”

Kelly was cruising with a 4-0 lead in the fourth when he delivered a hanging curveball to major leaguer Travis Snider, who crushed it for a home run.

In the fifth, an infield single and walk put two runners on. Snider came up with two outs.

Snider took a change-up for a strike, foul-tipped a fastball, watched a waste pitch for a ball, then struck out swinging on a diving change-up.

“I wanted to face him again,” Kelly said. “I saw he was coming up, kind of like a mano-a-mano thing. I got him on a good change-up down in the zone.”

The Sea Dogs got to New Hampshire starter Jo-Jo Reyes for four runs over six innings. Reyes, the former major league pitcher for Atlanta, was acquired by the Blue Jays in the Alex Gonzalez trade last week and assigned to the Fisher Cats.

“We got after a pretty good pitcher tonight,” Beyeler said. “He had pretty good stuff and the guys put together some good at-bats.”

Blake Maxwell, who pitched all last year with Portland and began this season in advanced Class A, is back. He pitched two scoreless innings.

NOTES: Tonight’s home game features an Adrian Gonzalez bobblehead giveaway to the first 1,000 fans. … The Sea Dogs don’t return to Manchester until Aug. 26. They host the Fisher Cats on the last weekend, Sept. 3-6.

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